Metal carrier for badges and means for securing same



G. NEYRET Nov. 11, 1958 METAL CARRIER FOR BADGES AND MEANS FOR SECURING SAME Filed Nov. 18, 1955 Qm vud-o r W e o r es A/eyra ou -mcy EOR BADGES MEANSFOR SECURING SAME Georges Neyret, St, Etienne, France, assignor to Neyret Freres '& Cie, Saint-Etienne, France a French joint stock company ApplicationNovember 18, 1955, SeriaLNo. 5479,8181

Claims priority, application Francejanuary 12, 1955 4..Claims. (Cl. 24-.13)1

Rosettescorresponding to different medals anti badges of honor are generally securedto ones clothes 13 11. particularly in the button hole of the coat lapel, ;through a small plate rigid with the rosette. This plate is insertedbetween the edges ofthe button hole so as to form an abutment which prevents therosette from dropping off the garment. However, this manner of securing a1 rosettecand .the. corresponding: arrangement showvariable: .drawbac'ks. 0n. the -onel hand,- themounting and securing of the rosette are lengthy and tedious operations and on the other hand, the garments which are to be provided with a rosette do not always have a button hole and even when such button holes are present, they can often carry only one rosette, which in numerous cases is not satisfactory since the wearer may be entitled to carry a plurality of medals.

The badge carrier according to my invention removes this drawback. It includes chiefly an axial stem rigid with one or more parts fitted thereon, said stem having a pointed end so as to enter and pass through materials and fabrics of any type when subjected to a slight pressure.

In accompanying drawings illustrating by way of example a number of preferred embodiments of my invention.

Fig. 1 is an exploded view-of the parts forming my arrangement according to a first embodiment, said parts some of which are drawn in axial crosssection being shown along a common assembling axis before they are actually assembled.

Fig. 2 is a partly elevational, partly axial sectional view of the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1 after the different parts have been assembled and riveted together. The thin lines drawn in said Fig. 2 show by way of exemplification a manner of resiliently clamping the rosette or the like badge onto the carrying fabric or the like. The interrupted line illustrates a modification of the outline of the stem of the arrangement.

Fig. 3 illustrates the different parts of the arrangement in a second embodiment, said parts drawn in partly crosssectional view being again shown as disconnected prior to assembling and arranged coaxially with reference to a common axis.

Fig. 4 is an axial sectional view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 after the different parts have been assembled and before riveting. The thin lines drawn in Fig. 4 illustrate by way of example a device designed for riveting.

Lastly Fig. 5 is a partly elevational, partly axial sectional view of the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 3 after the final riveting of the different parts. The thin lines drawn in said Fig. 5 illustrate by way of example an arrangement for the resilient clamping means adapted to hold the rosette or the like badge on the material or the like carrier surface. The interrupted line shows a modification which may be brought to the outline of the stem.

Obviously, these figures are all drawn on a large scale with reference to practical embodiments.

In the first embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,

I 2,859,500 Patented Nov: 11, 1958 ice 2. the arrangement for. securing a rosette includes a small cylindrical 'dished member 1 of any suitable type providedwith an axially perforated bottom'l To either side ofthebottom-ll are located washers 2 and'3, each of which is. provided with an axial perforation, said washers'being adapted to clamp-the fabric of material a of the badge--forming a lining against the bottom-1 as shown inxFig. 2.

An .axial stern 4 se1'ves-for assembling the above mentionedtpartsthroughwhich said stenris caused to-pass: Said stem carries a head 4 bearing against; the upperwasher-Z while the opposite end of the stem is pointed ortaperingas shown at 4 so as to be capableofreadily passing. through the garment or the :like carrier adapted to. the perforated:

When the .above parts have been assembled and "the dishedtpartl hasreceivedthe fabric corresponding to' the rosettei or badge, thedifferent partsare secured together by. means.- of-ra small annular 'frusto-conical washerj 5 engaging-.axiallW-the, stern 4- and abutting against, the lowenwasherln This being done, said washer 5 is flattenedtdownlthrough any suitable means-so' -as to provide. foraarnenergetic; setting of v the washer overthe stem 4..and:to correspondingly-lockthe.diflerentpartstogether.

With such an arrangement, it is an easy matter to fit the rosette or badge on any garment in a simple and rapid manner by perforating the material of the garment shown at b (Fig. 2). The actual rosette is then secured by resorting to any known resilient clamping means such as that illustrated diagrammatically at 6 in Fig. 2, said system operating through the opening of the periphery of a resilient washer by exerting a pressure on cooperating tongues; said lips or periphery closing over the stem 4 and holding the latter fast as soon as the pressure on the tongue is relieved. The grip exerted by the clamping means on the stem 4 may be improved by providing striations at 4 over a predetermined section of the stem 4.

Although the clamping means illustrated at 6 form a convenient and preferable system, it is possible however to resort to any other known means for holding in position the stem 4 carrying the rosette. In particular, I should mention that the stem 4 may be given a helical shape as drawn in interrupted lines in Fig. 2, in which case the rosette system is screwed into the fabric and is perfectly held therein through clamping.

In the further embodiment illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the arrangement includes again the dished part 1 with its perforated bottom 1 an upper washer 2 and an axial assembling stem 4, said parts being similar to those described hereinabove. However, the washer 7 located underneath the dished part 1 has a central or alrlnal section 7 which is perforated and of a frusto-conical s ape.

When the different parts have been assembled, the dished part carrying the fabric a'forming a lining as shown 1n Fig. 4, the frusto-conical section 7 of the washer 7 is flattened down so as to provide for the desired settlng over the stem 4 and to form the whole system into a unit. Fig. 4 shows in thin lines the two coaxial parts which may serve for producing easily and speedily this flattening and this setting of the washer 7.

Fig. 5 illustrates the manner of securing the arrangement thus obtained onto the material of a garment. This securing is performed in the same manner and under the same conditions as precedingly.

Obviously, and as apparent from the preceding disclosure, my Invention is by no means limited to the applications, to the embodiments and to the shapes of the component parts which have been more particularly disclosed and it includes all the modifications thereof falling within the scope of the accompanying claims.

'WhatIclaimis: l

t l. A permanent badge carrier assembly comprising in.

combination: an open-top cup-shaped member having a substantially flat bottom wall and a peripheral side-wall; fabric materialcovering the inner. andouter surfaces of said bottom wall and side-wall; a first and a second fabric retainingmeans respectively disposed inside and outside said cup-shaped member above said bottom wall and below the part of the fabric covering theouter face of said bottom wall and adapted to clamp said fabric material against the inner and outer surfaces of said bottom wall; resilient means below said outer face of said bottom wall and adapted to be flattened against said second fabric retaining means; said bottom wall, said first and second retaining means, and said resilient means each having a central aperture, said apertures having a common axis; a pin engaged through all said apertures-and having a flange at its top end inside said cup-shaped member, the diameter of said flange being greater than that of said apertures, said flange bearing over and against said first fabric retaining means; said pin having a portion protruding beyond said U-shaped member and said resilient means; said resilient means being adapted to be flattened to-grip said pin'and maintain in contact said bottom'wall of said cup-shaped memher, said fabric material, and said first and second retaining means, thereby forming said pennanent assembly.

2. A-permanent badge' carrier assembly as claimed in claim 1, in which said resilient means are frusto-conical before being flattened.

3. A permanent badge carrier assembly as claimed in claim 1, in which said first and second retaining means are washers.

4. A permanent badge carrierassembly as claimed in claim 2, in which said resilient means are integral with and form the central portion of said second retaining means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Wise July-1, 1884 Great Britain Dec. 17, 1947: 

